Dumars Not Done YetIf you thought Joe Dumars had closed up shop on trades this season then think again. After making arguably the biggest trade thus far this season moving out long time star Chauncey Billups to the Denver Nuggets for Allen Iverson, Dumars told Chris McCosky of the Detroit News that he is open to big or small trades. "We will be open until the trade deadline. We won't shut it off and say there's no possible way we can make a move. I don't think you can do that," Dumars said. "You can look at your team and feel you have a need for one more piece, but unless you can get that specific piece it doesn't make sense to just go out and make a deal. It would have to be a specific piece." Team chemistry has been the biggest obstacle for the Pistons since Iverson came onboard, but trading away another one of their stars seems to be far from Dumars' plans. Adding another role player off the bench could suit them well especially with forward Walter Herrmann now out of the rotation. Don't expect the Pistons to make any more big splashes before the February 19th deadline.

I also red this article and I think Joe's thinking is spot on, what I was wondering is i've heard him mention his make that move for the perfect player if it comes up but right now what would be that perfect player?

Think we may have to bite the bullet and move AI ( if a deal is there ).

Rip is what 30 and just signed a reasonable extension. Moving forward we would have the starting backcourt and SF positions locked up. AA is a decent 3rd guard. So you just have to worry about the frontcourt.

Maybe they can move AI for a decent frontcourt guy ( and some expiring contracts ) and we would be in a pretty good position. More easily said than done.

We are NOT winning the title this year or next. This is reminiscent of when the Lions went 9-7 or 10-6 but never won in the playoffs. Of course we long for those days now. Lets not do this to this team. Id rather see good 55 win ball and ECF exit, than what we are seeing now.

Id trade Sheed to New Orleans for future considerations
Id trade Ai to Bucks for the same. They need a scorer now.

MAKE THE MOVE JOE! He is perfect for us. He sucks on Philly because they run, and he's a half-court guy. We do not run at all. Give them Rip (hometown guy) and Max, and call it a day. We keep the cap-space of AI/Sheed, and don't really add additional long contracts because his is the same length as Rip's deal. Would be nice to be adding 2009/2010 Free Agents to a core of Stuckey, Prince, and Brand. We wouldn't need a guy like Bosh. Someone like Tyson Chandler would be a perfect fit. Then a nice shooter/defender to start at SG (or hope that AA gets some more consistency on that J).

Id rather see good 55 win ball and ECF exit, than what we are seeing now.

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Really? Is that true? Even year after year? Man you have more -- or a different kind of -- patience than I. I don't love what I'm seeing now, but I sure like it better than "good 55 win ball and ECF exit" set to infinite re-play.

"Why should I go somewhere where they don't play my style and I'm not utilized? I feel like I'm still effective in this game and I can be, if you put the ball in my hands,'' Iverson, looking toward his future, said Wednesday.
Iverson is in full survival mode these days. His scoring is down from 26.4 points with the Nuggets last season to 17.6 in 40 games for Detroit, his assists down from 7.1 to 5.2, his shooting from 45.4 percent to 41.7 and his minutes down by four per game to 37.9.
"Obviously,'' Iverson continued, "I'm going to go somewhere where they want me to play like Allen Iverson. 'Cause I can't play like nobody else.''

At the risk of talking to myself, those quotes seem to indicate someone who's not planning on staying. It's probably going to be a mutual divorce. Maybe it's time to see what value that expiring can bring.

Joe likes Curry, so no matter how the team does, there will be no accountability, so fans should just deal with it.

Wow, as a customer I am getting more turned off every day.

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I don't know. He liked George Irvine and canned him after a year. Flip was our sacred cow as far as proving to the league that we could keep a coach for more than 2 years.

Only thing that may save Curry is how weak our frontcourt is. This is probably the worst frontcourt we have had since the teal days. Even his 32-50 win team may have had a better frontcourt and this is from a GM who has prided himself on his frontcourt.

Either he is planning something really big over the summer or will make a deal shortly. Then perhaps he will see how Curry does with a winnable frontcourt. You can knock him for not playing Kwame but I mean he is Kwame. I just don't see Kwame and Amir making us instant contenders.

Kerr said they'd consider expiring contracts, draft picks and young players. Going by that, the only players on the roster that Phoenix would be interested in acquiring would be:

AJ
Maxiell
Sheed
AI
Stuckey

They want to dump Stoudemire, not Shaq. So, something that could work is AI & Maxiell for Stoudemire & Barbosa. Phoenix gets a nice young PF in Maxiell and will have 40 million expiring over the next two seasons. We get a decent PF and an explosive guard who is actually accustomed to come off the bench. The intangible benefit is that Rip can now go back to the starting lineup.